Basket weave

[loriny]

Just curious if anyone has file or idea for designing a basket weave similiar to Osborne wood's crown mouldings. I am curious about cutting crown in the moulder and then setting in the router and cutting basket weave. With any luck time will allow me to play with something like this on some of my current crown profiles.http://www.osbornewood.com/img/loRes/7661.jpg
Lorin

[adrianm]

Search on the Vectric forum for Basket Weave.

[cabnet636]

tim merril has a pdf or an instruction on the aspire forum

[bleeth]

I did a relief end panel for a clients kitchen some years back with a basketweave background. Cut with 1/8" ball nose at 7% step over. It took a lot of sanding to clean up. The rest of the relief was flowers and leaves and was so busy that it needed minimal cleanup but the basketweave was a real chore and this was MDF. If I were to do it again I would be experimenting with fladder sanders or something.

[steve]

Lorin, I have used basket weave a lot in my turnings. I do them in artcam. Most are flat or on turned work. They could be done on crown although there may be some distortion on crown. There are some samples on my web site. at http://cottagewoodworkers.ca/pedestals.html

Here is a quick sample in artcam.

[tracys]

I've seen one on the vectric forum.

[myxpykalix]

Here is a picture of one i did to wrap around a pedestal like Stephens and as you can see it was a hassle getting it to line up properly.

I have seen some straight basketweave as crown moulding on the top of cabinetry and it looked real nice but if you are wanting to do this around an entire room, i think you are looking at some crazy carving times.

[loriny]

Thanks. I'm not sure when I'll get at it but I thought I would like to see if I could add a weave to one of the crowns I currently manufacture. Just trying to figure out ways to push more mouldings.
Lorin

[gc3]

just for fun...

[myxpykalix]

I saw some basketweaves on the tops of cabinets at lowes that was maybe 1.5" tall and looked nice and i can see how you could make some for cabinetry in the kitchen but i think if you have to try to make 40-50 foot of custom carved moulding for a room I think it would make it too labor intensve to be profitable but i could be wrong.

I wonder if you couldn't make some type of mold and pour in some type of substrate to make your own that way....that would then make it probably more affordable.

[tmerrill]

Lorin,

With Aspire creating a basket weave pattern and laying it on any surface is relatively easy.

They would be a 3D toolpath, but the ones I have done machine fast and using Gary Beckwith's 1/8" tapered ball nose bit produces an almost ready to finish surface. A quick pass over with a sanding sponge or synthetic steel wool and you are ready to go.

If you are interested, best thing to do would be to create a 2 foot sample and machine it. Get an accurate time per foot, see how the finish quality is and make an economic decision as to doing it yourself or purchasing from Osborne or similar company.

Tim

[myxpykalix]

Tim,
Someone mentioned you have some tutorial on how to make a basketweave? Could you post it or a link to where it is? Thanks!

[tmerrill]

http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8373&hilit=basket+weave&start=0

[loriny]

Thanks Tim. Trouble is a lot of that stuff seems hard to come by here in the great white north. I do retail a fair amount of mouldings and I have been trying to come up with a few ideas to help get into some more cabinet shops with my product. My shopbot usually sits idle when I'm moulding so it seems it might be wise to put it to work even if at less $ per hour than it normally makes.
Lorin

[tmerrill]

I understand fully what you are saying.

For me, the decision of making product A verses the ShopBot sitting idle is an easy one. If I am in my shop, the ShopBot is running and making something.

The decision of using available machine time to product A verses product B takes some analysis and that is what I was suggesting.

It would still benefit you to produce a sample and see for yourself how much effort would be involved from start to finish. I would be willing to help you with the basketweave should you need it. Just contact me here or on the Vectric site via PM.

For example, if you were going to produce custom basketweave molding in 8 foot lengths, all you would need to do is create one basketweave component in Aspire 8+ feet long and save it. This is the time consuming part. Then, within minutes you can use the 2 rail sweep tool to create your molding profile and add the basketweave design to it. Trim it to size and you are ready to toolpath. You can also use the new Distortion Tool and match the basketweave design to a curve for arch molding. Just ideas...

Good luck,
Tim